ا ج رʾ-j-r
(ن، ض) أَجَرَ يَأْجُرُajara yaʾjuru / يَأْجِرُ أَجْرًا وَإِجَارَةًyaʾjiru ajran wa-ʾijāratan: (1) to recompense someone for his work, to pay a wage, to reward (2) to let out for hire. ﴿عَلٰٓى اَنْ تَاْجُرَنِيْ ثَمٰنِيَ حِجَجٍ﴾ (Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:27)
أَجْرٌajr pl. أُجُورٌ وَآجَارٌujūr wa-jār: wage, hire, recompense; and hence the reward that comes from God. ﴿فَلَهُمْ اَجْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:62); ﴿فَاٰتُوْهُنَّ اُجُوْرَهُنَّ﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:24)
Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَأْجَرَ يَسْتَأْجِرُ اِسْتِئْجَارًاistaʾjara yastaʾjiru istiʾjāran: to take on hire, to employ for wages. ﴿يٰٓاَبَتِ اسْتَاْجِرْهُ﴾ (Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:26)
أَجِيْرٌajīr (on the pattern of فَعِيْلٌfaʿīl): hired labourer.